Alpha Christ Mural from Saint Joseph Abbey With Accompanying Poem

Artist credit: A mural by Gregory DeWit, St. Joseph Abbey Church, Saint Benedict, Louisiana

Out of a comet cluster,
ascending,
Saturn on the wing with
Ganymede attending,
the ever creating Alpha,
human arms outstretching —
bones, muscles,
strengthening, birth and 
prophecy —
astride an entangled 
Borromean chain,
he arrives as first, wedding
guest, then god,
above cartoon devils carved
into earthy niches,
snarling — or are they 
laughing? — re-enacting the 
seven deadly sins!
mocking as Jesus (Won't
you come blow your horn?")

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